RE: First Council of Nicaea: when Christianity was deformed and Jesus named son of God.
September 18, 2021 at 9:09 pm
(September 18, 2021 at 9:03 pm)Angrboda Wrote:(September 18, 2021 at 8:47 pm)Brian37 Wrote: The only thing I can agree with is the Nicaean bible is the first known completed compiled bible.
Quote:Nicea Myths #1: Did Constantine and the Council of Nicea change the Bible?
The Council of Nicea never addressed the books of the Bible (and thus could not have changed them).
It's just not there.
Proving something negative is always tricky. I can't show you a quote where someone from the 4th century said, "Oh, by the way, we didn't talk about the books of the Bible." You'll have to take my word—and the word of every reputable historian in history—that it's never mentioned.
Or you can go through all the sources listed above, as I did. That they threw out or even talked about the canon is one of many Nicea myths.
Of course, they really didn't have a "Bible" yet, anyway. Their Scriptures were a collection of books, and which books were accepted varied from church to church, though only over a few books, none of them gnostic (like the Gospel of Thomas or the Pistis Sophia).
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I didn't say "change them". I said they voted on the books to be kept in and left out. That is what councils do, vote.
And future different sects of Christianity DID write their own versions, otherwise we would not have the NIV, which came later.